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A glimpse at my mid/late 90s & early 2000s gaming rig: an IBM Netvista, from 2001. I will show you what's inside, install an OS and try out some games.
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Late eighties and early nineties were packed with martial arts movies. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Steven Seagal, Michael Dudikoff and the most fearsome mustache of all time (Chuck Norris), just to name a few, were my favorite martial artists. Obviously, the video game industry followed this trend with the awesome Last Ninja and Shadow Dancer.
The First Samurai successfully brought, to home consoles and computers of the time, those flesh cutting swordfights and mystique that oriental culture always transpired.
Originally developed, in 1991, by Vivid Image for the Amiga, The First Samurai was so successful that the developers soon started working on other versions. Soon after they ported the game for the Atari ST, in 1992 was available the Commodore 64 and DOS and, in 1993, the Super Nintendo version also saw the light of day.
The game was programmed by Raffaelle Cecco, the creator of extraordinary 8 bit titles for the C64 and the ZED X Spectrum, such as Stormlord and Cybernoid, and his work i…

One freaking cool scene that remains in my conscience is the one of Steve McQueen riding his motorcycle and jumping over a fence. That was something that every small boy would dream on doing!.. And later, receive visits on an hospital bedroom..
The Great Escape was developed by Denton Designs and published by Ocean Software in 1986 for DOS, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the ZED X Spectrum.
This arcade adventure game, with a slight stealth flavor, takes place in 1942 and puts us in control of a POW somewhere in northern Germany. In this quite unique single stage game, you need to follow a certain strict routine, along with all the other prisoners. You could just watch your character go off to his daily business. Let go of the controls, sit back and enjoy. But, this is a computer game and it asks for human interaction! So, let’s jump right in!
About the daily routine, we must attend the morning roll call in front of the German officers, report to the canteen for breakfast, lunch, do some e…

A small taste of what the first Lisboa Games Week was all about.
I'll be back next year, that's for sure!

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This week's episode is about a "not so retro" title that has some good old school references. I'm talking about Trials Fusion and this game is the first Pixel THING's "Not so Retro Review" series.
Hope you enjoy watching these videos as much as I enjoy making them!

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In 1986 I was just 11 years old when I saw, for the first time, the movie ALIEN, from 1979, and played the Spectrum game soon after.
Developed by Concept Software and originally published by Mind Games in 1984 for Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and the ZED X Spectrum, it wasn’t the first game based on the Alien franchise. The Atari 2600 was the first system to get a Pac Man game.. Huuuu, I mean, an Alien game!...
In 1982 Pac Man was one of the most popular games out there, so the Atari people thought that it would be a nice touch to adapt the maze style gameplay to this first Alien title. Well, it’s totally a piece of crap.
So, for me, the first title that can really put us in that creepy environment is this one.
Alien provides an authentic recreation of the film’s plot.
You control the crew of the Nostromo spaceship by manipulating all the characters through a series of menus. A plan of the three decks displays the current position of the character you are controlling and, beneath, their statu…

Hi, guys! This is my response to Steve Benway's Tag video from yesterday, October 23rd.
You can check out Steve's original tag video by clicking on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5u2zO8eGJo

The questions are:
1. What State/Province/Country/City/Village do you live in?
2. How did you get into collecting?
3. What does your significant other think of your gaming hobby?
4. Favorite game of all time?
5. First person you were ever subscribed too?

And now, I would like to tag:
• ShiryuGL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq7NSS5gsfD5nW0O3YcTr-w
• 1UPGameOver: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2QQacaXe_O7dlkqPG9iWaA
• Bill Benton: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoL_GLS7R8ibPS-NW1dgDcg
• Lazy Game Reviews (LGR): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLx053rWZxCiYWsBETgdKrQ
• Metal Jesus Rocks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEFymXY4eFCo_AchSpxwyrg

Hope you respond! :)

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